good saturday morning. wyclef jean will not be the next president of haiti. the election commission rules he does not qualify to run. also another symbolic moment as last members of the last combat brigade in iraq pack up to come home. also, the egg recall keeps growing. now more than half a billion

eggs recalled because of a salmonella scare. hello there, everybody, from the cnn center in atlanta, this is your "cnn saturday morning." i'm t.j. holmes. also coming your way, over the next 90 minutes, crime lab scandal could lead to a lot of new trials including one for the man accused of killing basketball great michael jordan's father. also the question used to be whether pitcher roger clemens would go to the hall of fame. now the question is will he go to jail. he's facing perjury charges over his steroid denial to congress. also, dr. law a's apology for using the "n" word not good enough for the woman who called in asking for help. my interview with that caller is coming your way as well in the next 90 minutes. but first, we watch the convoys leaving iraq. it was the last u.s. combat brigade rolling out. combat mission racking up at the

end of the month. but again, we are seeing what is, you could call, some people are calling symbolic, others historic moment in iraq's long war. ben wedeman was there for this latest ceremony. h is in northern kuwait. it happened last night. >> this is the final ceremony of the 4th stryker brigade, the last u.s. combat unit to leave iraq. this ceremony is called the casing of the colors, that's when the regimental flag will be furled and put away, essentially symbolizing the end of the mission of this division here in this theater. after this, they will be going home. they've already cleaned up all their equipment. it's all ready to be shipped out of here. in the coming days they will start boarding planes to go back home.

so this is the end of the ceremo 14 past an hour. ceremony. close eye on a developing story. the troops are breaking up. it is hopefully the end of the confirmation a short time ago combat phase in iraq. that, in fact, the founder of but of course, let's not forget the wikileaks whistle blower on may 1st, 2003, president website julian assange is now george w. bush also said that wanted in sweden on charges of that was the end of active rape and molestation. combat operations. you see him there. and it wasn't. he has been in the news a lot as of september 1st, "operation lately because he, in fact, on that wikileaks website released iraqi freedom" is scheduled to come to an end and "operation ten of thousands of documents, new dawn", a new phase in which u.s. troops in iraq won't have a classified military documents related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. he has promised that he would combat role will, begin. release more documents, another but there's still 50,000 troops 15,000 or so, in the coming in iraq and there's no guarantee that that really will be the end weeks or months. but now he is facing charges on of combat there. a more serious, a personal i'm ben wedeman, cnn, reporting level, i should say, and the from camp virginia in northern charges have to do with the rape kuwait. and molestation. these charges, again, are in sweden. ♪ he, in fact, is australian. he really doesn't, as we heard this is what hopefully a lot more soldiers have to look atika shubert report, have a permanent home. forward to, this joyful he doesn't necessarily live here or live there. homecoming. he pops up literally all over

lewis-mcchord air base in the world, giving different conferences and speaking and washington state. again, called the last combat some regards, he's seen as a brigade to leave iraq. hero because he is able to get his hands on these classified september 1st the administration says 50,000 troops will remain documents. he sees himself as doing a in iraq. service while at the same time they'll serve in a non-combat the pentagon saying he's doing a role, advising and training the disservice to many people while putting their lives on the line iraqi army. you have seen a lot of coverage in iraq and afghanistan. this week about this last combat but again, the pentagon had been trying to find a way to stop him brigade. but what exactly does that mean from releasing a lot of these now for the mission? some will tell you it doesn't documents. mean a whole lot. it just means that if you guys for the most part he hasn't done anything illegal. are coming home. he's got the hands on the but still the mission hasn't classified information from changed that much. allegedly army soldier who is in our 9:00 eastern half hour now being held by the u.s. we're going the spend our military. special half hour today talking but, in fact other than that he at the winding down of the war hasn't done anything illegal, in iraq. they would say. retired general mark kimmitt but now he is facing charges not will join us live. related to the leaked also live is several reporters information but now related to who wihave covered the war something all together different and on a much more personal extensively. level for him at least, charges not exactly a breakthrough of rape and molestation. in mideast peace but it is the we are trying to get a hold of one of the prosecutors. first positive sign we've seen we are in contact with the since 2008. israel and the palestinian swedish prosecutor's office trying to get one of them on the authority have agreed to hold phone with us this morning to direct peace talks beginning answer certainly a lot of september 2nd in washington. questions that we have now.

julian assange, just another secretary of state hillary clinton said the talks should twist to this story. not related to the leaks. take place without preconditions. the palestinians chief the twist is that, in fact, he is facing rape and molestation negotiator tells cnn that israel must extend its moratorium on charges in sweden. he did put out a response today on twitter, essentially saying settlements in disputed areas. that he's allegations are secretary clinton says she's baseless that the point. confident the talks will produce so he has responded, results. acknowledging the charges but right now we don't know where he >> since the beginning of this is. that is usually the case. administration we have worked with the israelis and you see the tweet up on the screen now. the charges are without basis palestinians and our international partners to and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing. advance the cause of comprehensive peace in the he has in the past several weeks middle east, including a also said he expected some kind of dirty tricks against him. two-state solution which ensures security and dignity for not exactly sure what he was referring to, but you can make israelis and palestinians. an assumption there but he was the president and i are talking about a lot of people encouraged by the leadership of who want to shut him down, would like to shut wikileaks down prime minister netanyahu and because of the information he president abbas. does have and more information and fully share their commitment he has promised to put out. to the goal of two states, right now facing rape and israel and palestine, living molestation charges in sweden. quick break. side by side in peace and we continue to work that story security. >> these are the first such we continue to work that story and many others.

talks since 2008. but before 2008 the u.s. had been involved in several significant peace efforts between israel and the palestinians. back in 1993 the oslo agreement was signed at the white house but then yasser arafat. and then in 2000 bill clinton brought two sides together again, this time at camp david, but could not reach an agreement at that time. then in 2000, there was the so-called road map to peace drawn up by the u.s., russia and the european union, but it was never successfully implemented. well, it was a short-lived campaign for wyclef jean. hip-hop star will not be on the ballot in haiti's presidential election coming up at the end of the year. haiti's board of collections disqualified him as a candidate on friday. jean said it was because they ruled he was not a resident. jean says he disagrees with the committee's decision but

respects it even though he says it took him completely by surprise. >> there's no specific reason. our lawyers went today. we went overall the paperwork. and every paperwork, every piece of document, i'm cleared. right now i think it's passed the paperwork and our constitution. i think the haitian constitution, the laws that are on there, we've listened and we've shown every piece of paper work. so this has come to our party and to our group as a total shock. >> wyclef certainly did ignite the campaign and injected some enthusiasm into the campaign, certainly from the youth there in haiti and also a lot of people saying even iffes he's not able to run he's brought renewed attention to haiti and the plight moving forward after the earthquake. some people of course did have reservation as well about

wyclef's decision to run, including actor sean penn. he said right here on cnn he didn't think the entertainer was qualifi qualified, didn't really have the ability, didn't have the talent, the skills needed to run a country. other people said he hadn't spent enough time there to lead them out of the current crisis. sometimes the tough economy you've got to do what you've got to do. take a look here at some folks who are doing what they've got to do and they're getting a little creative with it, putting a new spin on surviving the rough economic times. also this morning, you're going to see probably a lot of hugging it out. reynolds and i back together. >> i know. i feel like crying, man. amazing. we haven't worked together, been in the gulf in the passion several months. good to see you, buddy. >> back at you, man. the rain continues to come down. the temperatures are going up. we're going to talk about that. plus the tropics really getting active. a bunch of stories that's going to wrap up like a weird crazy weather burrito.

we're going to serve it up for you right here on "cnn saturday you right here on "cnn saturday morning." one financial company again, the breaking story we're watching right now, julian assange, the founder and editor of the whistle blowing website wikileaks is now facing serious charges in sweden, charges related to rape and molestation. i want to bring in karen, director of communications at the swedish prosecutor's office on the line with us. ma'am, good morning. thank you for joining us. and tell us how much you can about these charges. >> yeah, molestation and rape. he was arrested last night. >> you say in his absence. >> yes. >> do you know where he is? have you been able to make any kind of a contact with him? >> hello?

>> yes, ma'am. you still hear me okay? again, this is t.j. holmes. i hope you can still hear me, cnn in atlanta. my question was, do you all know where he is? >> no. >> have you been able to make contact? >> no, we haven't so far. >> do you know where he is? >> no, not at the moment. >> when did these incidents allegedly take place, this molestation and rape, and are they related to the same one incident? >> they're two different incidents. i don't know when exactly they occurred. but he was arrested last night, as i said. >> you said you don't know when they occurred. >> no, i don't. >> are we talking something in the recent past or maybe the distant past? >> i don't know anything about this actually. we have very little information at the moment. >> well, do you -- i assume, you said two different incidents here. what can you tell us about the alleged victims? >> i can't tell you anything

about them because i don't know anything about the victims. >> how are you able to bring the charges? it sounds like there's not much that is known about this. >> no, that's very correct. there have been reports to the police and then the prosecutors -- prosecutors in charge decided to arrest him. >> there were charges made -- again, forgive us here in the united states and the legal system a lot of people might not understand the same there. >> no. >> again, someone has come forward with an allegation and the prosecutor decided to go ahead and issue an arrest in absentia. >> that's exactly what happened. who are these people, i don't know. >> when did they come forward? >> i don't know that, either. i know that he was arrested in his absence last night. >> can you tell us what kind of punishment comes with this charges in sweden? >> yeah. for rape, there is the possibility for prison,

imprisonment. molestation, normally don't get imprisoned for. >> ma'am, do you anticipate it being difficult wherever he may be to get him, if he's not in ♪ sweden, anticipate it being difficult to get him back there? >> it could be difficult. too early to tell. >> and something he has said in about 12 minutes past the hour here on this "cnn saturday the past couple of weeks, is that he expected some kind of morning." yes, it's a hard knock life out dirty tricks because so many there for a lot of folks. it is a tough, tough economy people were after him. right now. >> okay. >> do you anticipate -- sometimes you just do what you shouldn't say anticipate. got to do. sometimes you have to juggle get your response to something like that with him making jobs, and some people right now allegations and saying that are getting really creative with people were going to come after it. him for whatever reason because take a look now as they put their own spin on things. they want to try to find a way to shut him down. >> i've applied for at least 20 >> i don't know anything about it, really. jobs. supermarkets, stores, really >> did anyone else have a hand everything around my house. in this besides the swedish officials and the people that and luckily a friend of mine was came forward, simply just came forward on their own? is that what you understand? >> as far as i understand, but i a sign spinner. don't know really. he got me this job. >> all right. well, again, karen rosender, on i'm mike. i am a sign spinner.

i'm doing this full time right the line with us from the now because i'm actually the swedish prosecutor's office. can you tell us about least what only person in my house hold is in the next step for you with a job. guys? >> the next step is to try to i live with my mother and stepfather, both of whom are get in contact with him, to currently unemployed and looking interview him. >> will he be taken into for work. but there's just none out there. i found something that pays decently and that, frankly, i custody? >> it's too early to tell yet, enjoy doing. so you've got your spinning. before he's been interviewed. >> but he can be charged in sweden and arrested before he is even interviewed and before he's taken into custody? >> he can be arrested. your basic throws. mix it up a little. and you can be under arrest for add in a helicopter every now and then. it's different from just people three days. then the prosecutor has to who stand on the side of the road with a sign and that i'm actually trying to entertain and decide whether to step further. get the attention of the people driving by. right now i'm just trying to support myself through college. if -- if the accusations aren't >> i feel like the way the strong enough, they have to economy is now there's a lot of jobs out there that need to be release him. it all depends. done that some people might not >> again, with the swedish necessarily want to take. prosecutor's office. ma'am, we appreciate you hopping my name is reginald jackson and

of line with us for us. i'm a human directional. thank you so much. i sign spin and draw attention >> okay. >> again, to our viewers, of this property. i hope everything to work out, i certainly they work differently have to work three part-time than what we're used to it jobs. i have a little girl on the way, working here in the u.s. with i have a wife to take care of. our legal system when it comes to certainly charges this i have to pay every medical bill out of pocket right now, so serious of rape or molestation. that's not good. apparently, according to her, he every time i hear about some can be taken into custody and be work, i've got to jump on it. no matter how hot it is, rain, held for three days and then the snow, sleet, i'm working. prosecutor can then decide whether or not to move forward. i'm trying to make ends meet. >> you know, we see them all the so a hear that he has been time when you're driving out arrested or charged right now there. and oftentimes you just assume with rape or molestation simply means he needs to be interviewed it's a young kid they hired and now, can be held and then what not. you see there, so telling of the another decision the lady from the prosecutor's office and times right now. they're doing well. whether or not to move forward >> you've got to respect that. with the charges. great work ethic. so, again, wikileaks founder, making ends meet, family julian assange, facing the support. this is just one of several jobs serious charges. right now they are trying to get he's taking part. ahold of him and interview him got to keep on supporting the and then we can see where the family. >> good to see that there. case will go from there. reynolds, good morning. good to see you back. all that good stuff.

do you even know how to use these maps anymore? >> it's going to be scary. there may be some screens some words that should not be repeated by anyone. interesting. a lot of things to talk about. rough weather in the central plains and kansas. you're going to see what two minutes of rough weather did in kansas. straight line winds ripped apart trees. it's in ozawkie, if i didn't say that correctly i apologize. certainly rough times. cleaning up. wide spread power outages in the area. we could see more of that development today across parts of the ohio valley, maybe even into the mid mississippi valley. here's the reason why. let's go to the weather maps. pretty well defined. you see the frontal boundary drifting off to the south t and southeast. it's going to interact in the gulf of mexico. it could intensify. we could see some strong storms later on today. not only is there a chance of strong thunderstorms, maybe straight line winds. and then you may see flash

flooding in parts of the southeast and heat is something else you're going to be dealing with. rain on one side. other side, extreme heat. anywhere from 105 to 115 degrees for parts of the country. now, plain and simple what does that mean for you? what it's going to mean is it's going to feel like 90 or so in atlanta. regular high, 88 degrees. air temperature by the afternoon, dallas, 193. houston, washington, d.c., 89 in billings. 60 in san francisco. 90 degrees in tampa. something else that's beginning to heat up the tropics. look at this. developing over here in parts of the caribbean. farther off the coast of africa we see this area shaded by this big box, this big reddish box. that's where we may see your next named storm, possibly danielle in the next couple of days. very busy morning. we'll bring you the latest in a few minutes. >> appreciate you buddy. it's been two years now since baseball great roger clemens appeared before a congressional committee. he faces now a six-count federal

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well, of course, we have seen so many scenes from iraq over the past several years. it's been 7 1/2 years since that war started. can you believe it? and this week you saw the news, you saw the words, and you saw the hugs, the tears, and the pictures of u.s. soldiers

returning home from combat duty. now one place that's pulled so many of those images together and making a big splash online about it. josh levs has that for us this morning. hello there. >> hey there. it's caldwell come home blog. you know what in this case, the video says it all. take a look. ♪ >> we're going to keep watching this. this is the brain child of chase. he started to see people around the country had these beautiful videos of their reunions. he got in touch with a lot of them and they started sending their clips to him. he has now compiled them into what is quickly becoming a very popular site online. watch this one and then come back to the screen.

all sorts of reunions. the site is behind me on the screen. it's caldwell comehomeblog.com. it updates it every single day. people are sending in more and more videos. some of them are funny, ridiculous, some just plain beautiful. any time you want to see these or share your own, it makes it easy to get them, to welcomehomeblog.com. he actually recorded a song his and layer i'd it over while taking clips. we have one here of a straight-up reunion sent into the blog. take a look here. this is what most of these videos are like. they're not produced. they're not filled with the music. you're seeing snapshots of people's real lives, families. this next one is a marine meeting his baby son for the first time.

okay. different one. look at a family tackles the guy, finally arriving home. take a look at that. there you go. they can be fun, they can be ridiculous. in all cases what you're seeing are these beautiful moments of people reunited. one more to show you here and we'll come back to the screen. this is surprising a mother. take a look. ♪ all right. can't get enough of these. the traffic has been increasing. he told me he's already getting at least 3,000 unique hits a day. and web world, unique hits when people haven't heard that much about your site yet, that's tremendous. more and more clips like this, families reuniting. as we do this, i also want to take a moment to think about

families and troops who are in other situations. let's come back to my screen for a second. first of all, so many troops out there who are still serving. families would love to be reunite with their loved ones. defense.gov, marines serve right now. both iraq and afghanistan. you know at the height, more than 180,000 u.s. troops in iraq and afghanistan combined. so we're talking about huge numbers of families. a lot of families dealing with second and third deployment. some of them lasting more than a year. the sacrifice is tremendous. of course we do have to mention not all soldiers do come home. here at cnn.com/homeaway. talking about the casualty, given their lives for war. for this moment we get to focus on these heartwarming scene of families reuniting here. welcome democrats ho welcomehomeblog.com. with the troop draw down, more

are having moments. >> not to have to worry about another deployment to iraq for the first time in quite some time. appreciate you. we also want you to stay here or come back with us if you can this morning. 9:00 eastern. we, of course, always spend our 9:00 eastern half hour on a special topic hot in the news this week. this week we've been talking a lot about iraq and the drawdown in the last combat brigade that has now left. retired general mark kimmitt is going to join us live for this special half hour. what does it really mean when we hear that the last combat brigade a sougout of iraq? and we're going to be joined by a soldier who served in iraq, joined by him and his wife, the one who waited for him to get back home. all that coming up in our special 9:00 eastern half hour. take a look now at the stories making headlines. haitian election officials

rejected wyclef jean's bid for presidency. the hip-hop star who really shook things up a short time ago when he said he was going to be running in his native haiti. but he says he respects the committee's final decision but he was shocked by it. he was among 15 respective candidates rejected by election officials. wyclef jean put out a statement saying he had been ruled out because he did not meet the residency requirement for haiti. also, before you have that breakfast, you need to hear this. half a billion now, we're up to half a billion eggs that have been recalled because of a salmonella scare. latest recalls are from the hillendale farm in iowa. 170 million eggs recalled. sold in 14 states. overall, half a billion eggs. they have specific dates and codes on them. you need to know about it. instead of just putting it up on the screen i put a link for you on twitter so you can find that at tjholmescnn and also on

facebook at tjholmescnn. click on the link and find the codes you need to find out if you have these eggs in your refrigerator. also, iran is celebrating the arrival of nuclear fuel and its first nuclear energy plant. they observed the delivery this morning. other western nations are most likely keeping a close watch as well. tehran says the fuel will be used to power electricity, but the west concerned it will be used to secretly enrich uranium. which is of course an essential component for nuclear weapons. he is considered one of the best pitchers in baseball history. a lot of people are questioning did he have help along the way? he says no. he said it under oath. and now prosecutors think that's a problem. 27 minutes past the hour.

welcome back to this "cnn saturday morning." we are coming up on the bottom of the hour now. thank you for being here with us. instead of the hall of fame, roger clemens has something else to worry about, possibly facing 30 years in prison. the rocket, as he's known in baseball circles, he has been charged now with lying to congress for saying he never used steroids. clemens says he now looks forward to his day in court.

cnn's inez ferre with his story. >> reporter: indictment for alleged perjury, more than two years after pitching superstar roger clemens denied under oath using steroids, or hgh human growth hormones. >> i've been accused of something i'm not guilty of. how do you prove a negative? let me be clear, i have never taken steroids or hgh. >> reporter: clemens requested the chance to testify in 2008 after former yankees trainer told investigators he injected clemens with steroids. >> i told the truth about steroids and human growth hormone. i injected those drugs into the body of roger clemens at his direction. >> reporter: it was a he said she said. >> it's hard to believe you, sir. you're one of my heroes but it's hard to believe. >> reporter: clemens also contradicted his own close friend and former teammate, pitcher andy pettitte. in a statement, pettitte told investigators clemens confided in him he used hgh.

former big leaguer an admitted steroid user jose conseco was one of the players subpoenaed earlier. >> i never saw him use steroids in any way, shape, or form. i'm shocked that they have enough evidence to even indict him. >> reporter: it's uncertain how much of an example the feds will seek to make of one of the best pitch eers of all time. it's been three years since barry bonds was indicted for lying to a federal grand jury. he's due in court next spring. last year miguel was charged with using steroids in baseball. he pled guilty, year probation, 100 hours of community service and paid a fine. in a tweet this week clemens insisted he never took hgh or steroids and never lied to congress. he looks forward to challenging

the government's accusations and finally having his day in court. ines ferre, cnn, atlanta. >> where do we go from here for a man who is considered the best pitchers to ever play the game. we're going to ask our sports analyst rick horrow in our 8:00 hour. he's going to tackle the question like why wait two years to indict him and could he still be a commodity. that's right here on cnn. well, we have some information now just in to us in the whole wikileaks fiasco. the founder of the website is now wanted in sweden on accusations of rape and molestation. a spokesperson for the swedish prosecutor's office has now told cnn that. you see him there. you have seen him over the past several weeks and months

because, in fact, his wikileaks site leaked video, first of all, that certainly was wide played earlier this year from a 2008 helicopter raid where a journalist was killed. helicopter attack. but then not too long ago he released tens of thousands of military documents reled to the war in afghanistan. the pentagon has been trying to find the best way to combat all of these leaks. he has also said he will release tens of thousands of more documents online in the coming weeks or soon, is the way he pud it. but now he appears to be facing not just issues and possibly even legal charges related to some of these leaks which the pentagon and others are trying to find out how to stop him from leaking this stuff. for now, some more serious -- i shouldn't say more serious, but certainly serious charges on rape molestation accusations he's facing in sweden, according to swedish prosecutors. we will waiting to get more information. we can confirm to you he is now wanted by swedish officials on

accusations of rape and molestation. again, a wikileaks founder. we will have more on this. artica shubert will be live for news just a bit with more information. we will follow that for you. 34 minutes past the hour. turn to reynolds wolf standing by here with me. it's always something on the weekend with the weather. we have something else you need to keep an eye on. i can guess where it is right now by looking at the map. that looks serious. >> mainly south of the great lakes. may be seeing rough weather. we had a share of it in the central plains. we have a live image we're going to take for you in mere moments. it's going to pop up. i thought we had an image. i guess we continue. >> you were promising it. >> these things do happen. sometimes you can't fulfill the expectatio expectations. >> you set the expectation. >> yeah. they fall fast. >> i know you'll make up for it. >> let's hop over here and show you what's happening on the big map. if you look here on radar you

can see that we've got one big area that's all popped up here. a lot of imagery on the radar. heavy rainfall, frontal boundary to the east. it creates strong wind. with that possibly strong thunderstorms. nothing severe right now. when you have daytime heating and this kind of unstable atmosphere moving across that warm ground things have a tendency to intensify. we might see flooding. we've already had flooding in the midwest. tennessee, goodness gracious, the rainfall they've seen in the past week or so, past year is insane and they could see more in the afternoon hours. of t. other big story is the heat. excruciating for people on the gulf coast. new orleans, it's going to feel like well above 100 degrees. gulf shores, the coast, beautiful there. houston, warm day. it's going to feel from 105 to 115. your exact surface temperatures by the afternoon, stifling. as we wrap up, dallas, 91.

85 in new york. 86 in denver. 107 in las vegas. that is a quick snapshot of your forecast. so much more ahead. t.j., kick it back over to you. >> you delivered after all, reynolds. you always meet the expectations. >> santa claus, delivering the goodies. >> appreciate you. coming up, she was the one on the air with dr. laura the night talk show host repeatedly used the "n" word. >> more than just the "n" word. in that whole conversation she said i shouldn't marry outside my race. dr. laura acted as if i tried to set her up. >> that is nina hanson, the caller. my conversation with her coming up. we talked about dr. laura's apology and does she actually accept it? it's 37 minutes past the hour. it's 37 minutes past the hour. stay here with us. ngest nights .

at 40 minutes past the hour, you're seeing video here of a trial that is really gripping germany right now. a singer, a popular singer, you see her there, she is accused of not telling her sexual partners she was hiv positive. her name is naja benica. she infected one man with hiv but had sex with two others who were not hiv positive now. they did not contract the disease from her. she's 28 years old. she found out she was hiv pass tive in 1999. unprotected sex, prosecutors say, with five times with three people between 2000 and 2000 4. she admits now to not telling

them she was hiv positive but says she wasn't trying to infect anyone. attorneys say she believes there was little chance of passing on the injury russ but she is very popular in europe. she was part of a group in germany that's the biggest selling female group of all time in that country. they sold some 5 million albums. ironically, the name of the group she was in was called no angels. well, moving on now. at her peak, talk show host dr. laura schlesinger had more than 18 million listeners every single week. that is going to come to the end when she leaves the radio show after more than 30 years. that was a decision triggered by the fallout of her word of the "n" word. i spoke this week with it in a hanson, she called dr. laura for advice. she called the talk show host's apology insincere. we'll have that for you but first, hear what dr. laura told

john roberts this week. >> i was trying to make a point about the hypersensitivity of racial issues and i made it the wrong way. i instantly realized i had blown it. >> but you seem to be, and correct me if i'm wrong, dr. schlesinger, saying that you've taken yourself off of your radio show because other people are not allowing you first first amendment rights even though you were wrong to have said what you said. >> i said something wrong and i apologized. i didn't intend to hurt anybody. my decision was not based on this incident. my decision has been percolating for about a year. >> speaking the w. dr. laura, i was so con pused. i was hurt because i was calling her to get some advice about what i could do about this situation, how to talk to my husband. so the thought of -- i was just calling to get some help and i did not expect to hear the things that she said to me. i didn't want to turn this into a racial thing. i just wanted some advice in my relationship. >> you thought even after all

this went down and the way she reacted that you went back and questioned yourself and thought maybe you had done something wrong. >> i did. i did. and that's why it was very important for me to listen to the tape because i thought i had honestly said something wrong, did i do something wrong, did i say something wrong? i just wanted to go back and hear the tape just to make sure that what i said was okay, you know, it was -- it was just huge. there's no way to explain the feelings you get or how you can react when something like this happens. >> mrs. hanson, have you reached out to dr. laura or has she reached out to you? have you two spoke? >> no, i haven't spoken to dr. laura, but she did on wednesday when she apologized, she wanted me to call in and she wanted to give me the advice she should have gave me the day that i called. but i have not talked to dr. laura at all. >> it sounds like you didn't take her up on that offer to call in. would you like to talk to her?

>> no, sir. i -- at this -- at this point there's nothing she could do for me. you know, i called for help. there's nothing she could say to me at this point. >> apology it sounds like is not good enough at this point. >> no, it's not. if she would apologize i think -- i think she apologized because she got caught, to be honest with you. the tape disappeared, and i had to try to find the tape. she's only apologizing because she got caught. >> let me put up now for our viewers, if she hasn't talked to you directly or reached out, she gave us a statement. let me put it up for our view irs. i'm quoting here. might be the first time you're hearing this, ms. hanson. she said, quote, i'd like to tell jade, that's the name you used when you called. in i'm sorry. she called to ask me my advice and help. in giving my answer, i'm not only didn't help her but i used words that anded hr and others. and i would like to say again,

i'm sorry. how do those words ring to you this morning? >> it's more than just the "n" word. that whole conversation she says i shouldn't marry outside my race. dr. laura acted as if i tried to set her up. and that's not what happened. i called for advice. i didn't try to set this woman up. you know, at the end of the tape she said, nice try, jade. i'm like, what is that supposed to mean. i don't think she's sincere in her apology. she thinks it's okay to use the "n" word. it's not sincere. >> in your opinion, is it over okay, no matter what context, of course, dr. laura didn't directly call you the "n" word but she used it. do you think it's okay in any context for dr. laura or anybody else to use it no matter what context? >> it is never okay to use that word or any other derogatory word that a whole race -- it's

just a very hateful word. dr. laura, i have a problem with dr. laura because she's old enough to know better. she knows where that word came from. she knows why it was used. she knows the whole civil rights movement and how, you know, black americans had to fight to get to where we're at today. for her to use that word and continue -- >> nobody accused her of being an unintelligent woman. so with her knowing and understanding it, why do you think she decided to use it, not once, not twice, but several times. why do you think, if she's smart enough to know better, why would she do it? >> that's how she honestly feels. that's how she honestly feels. >> what, ma'am oh we. >> she just got caught saying it. >> very last thing. any chance you will for give and would like to possibly meet up or talk to dr. laura again? >> not any time soon. it's still very hurtful. you know, i was -- i listened to

her all the time. but it's still very hurtful. in some ways you can say i trusted her orred a least trusted hr edtrust ed her advice. it's very hurtful. >> dr. laura says she will stay with her radio show until her contract is up at the end of the year. we told you about information we're just getting in to cnn a short time ago. that is that the founder of that wikileaks website, the website of course that has put out tens of thousands of classified documents from the military related to the war in afghanistan. he has, in fact, now is wanted in sweden on charges of rape and molestation. he is also responding this morning via twitter. our atika shubert is on the line for us now from italy who has been following this story. atika, what else can you tell us this morning. >> reporter: basically, it all

started with this tabloid report by a person in sweden saying that there were charges of rape and molestation against him. we have now confirmed that with swedish prosecutors' office. those charges were issued last night. and they have not been able to make contact with julian. i have not been able to contact him. what i do know is that from twitter he has obviously put out a twitter pasting saying, quote, the charges are without basis and their issue at this moment are deeply disturbing. he also in a previous twitter posting said, we were warned the expect dirty tricks. now we have the first one. so this is a very surprising development in this case. we don't know where he is right now. he was in sweden a few days ago. right now, he could be anywhere. >> he could be anywhere. the video you're seeing, that's a face in the name.

he have been seeing a lot in the last couple of weeks. that is the man who does run that wikileaks website that put out so many of those documents. atika, we have been standing by, telling us forth past several weeks that in fact, we could expect more documents, has there been any update there? do we know the latest on when we might see more classified documents come out from this wikileaks site? >> they have been saying they were going to release another 15,000 documents part of the afghanistan war diary that was already released. these were documents that were held back because they were going to react some names of tell b taliban informants. they had been asking for people from the pentagon and other documents and eke out any of these names that might endanger people. and on going issue for weeks. wikileaks said they were going to go ahead with their release

and they would do it within a month or so. so we're still waiting to see whether or not those documents will be released eventually. this obviously really throws a wrench into the works, we'll have to see how this affects wikileaks plans. >> you said he was in sweden just days ago. oftentimes we don't know where he is. how does he spend his time and how much time does he spend in sweden these days. >> some series are in sweden and sweden has some of the strongest witness protection and whistle-blower laws. he's been trying to set up an operation for wikileaks to come under a swedish law section by trying to get a publishing license, for example, in sweden. however, he really travels all over the world. he was in australia, london up

until recently, twehe was in belgian. he doesn't have a sixth place called home. he may still be in sweden. he may not. we simply don't know. >> atika shubert, appreciate you. again, to our viewers, maybe just injoining us here at 8:in the the top of the hour. just getting confirmation the man behind the wikileaks website that put out so many of those classified documents related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. he has been charged. looking for him in sweden. prosecutors there telling us, in fact, they are looking for him on charges of rape and molestation. right now as you heard from atika shubert. we do not know where he is. he does bounce around an houfl lot. we don't know where he is. but he is responding via twitter that these are facically, and again, trying, aft, he expected

some prirti ipriority. putting it out there in the leaks, if you will. julian assange right now. following this story. eight minutes until the top of eight minutes until the top of the hour. r autobahn for all event.

top of the hour. the stories makinged a lines this morning. haitian elected officials say wyclef jean will not be on the ballot. they rejected his bid for the presidency. said he accepts the committee's final decision but shocked by the news. he was one of 15 rejected by the officials.

he says in a statement he had been ruled out because he could not meet the residency requirement for candidates. also, before you whip out those eggs this morning, you need to hear this. the recall continues. it's growing. we are now up to half a billion eggs that have been recalled because of a salmonella scare. the latest recalls are from a hill lendale farm in iowa where 170 million eggs have just been recalled from there. they sell those eggs in about 14 states. they have specific oh we all these half a billion eggs now have specific dates and codes on them. i put a link for you on twitter at tjholmescnn and facebook at tjholmescnn. i put those up there so you can check and see if you have any ofs this eggs in your refrigerator. also, iran celebrating the arrive value of nuclear fuel at its first nuclear energy plant. russian and iranian dignitaries observe it this morning. western nations most likely keeping watch.

tehran says the fuel will be used to power electricity. but the west concerned it will be used secretly to enrich uranium and the central uranium and the central component of nuclear weapons. ere a different story?

good morning, everybody. welcome to the next hour of the "cnn saturday morning."

top of the hour here now, we begin this hour with some serious allegations leveled against founder and editor of the whistle-blower website wikileaks. these charges have nothing to do with the classified documents. inste instead, jillian assange is now wanted in sweden after being charged with rape and molestation. i'm going to turn to atika shubert for us. that's his picture, julian assange. good morning to you, attika. these are serious charges. >> reporter: these are very serious charges. we've confirmed with the swedish prosecutor's office that they have issued two charges last night against julian assange, one more molestation and one more rape. we don't know when these incidents have occurred. the prosecutor would not give any further information. but the prosecutor's office did sh say they have not been able to contact julian assange and they

do not know whether or not he is still in sweden. in terms of what julian assange's response is we have not been able to contact him directly so far, but we do have this twitter response that is issued. we said, quote, the charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing. he also put out an earlier message that said, quote, we were warned the expect dirty tricks. now we have the first one. so clearly julian assange is dismissing this saying there's nothing to these charges. the swedish prosecutor's office is taking this seriously and saying they have issued these charges and they are looking for him. >> tell our viewers, atika, why he spends so much time in sweden and he, quite frankly, they haven't been able to talk to him. well, most of the time people have a hard time trying to catch up with him. >> reporter: that's right in is a guy who shows up anywhere in the world, europe, africa, australia, where he's from. he was in sweden just recently because of the increased

pressure on wikileaks. he was basically trying to shore up some more legal support for wikileaks. sweden has some of the strongest media protection laws in the world. and that's why wikileaks had some in sweden. he was there trying to get publishing license which would give them added protection. this however was an entirely unexpected development. >> last thing here. give us some kind of an insight into the statement he said that you just mentioned a second ago that he expected dirty tricks. of course, the pentagon, u.s. officials have trying to find a way to go after him, at least to stop him from leaking all of these classified documents. but what does he necessarily mean by he was expecting some dirty tricks? >> reporter: it's hard to know. what i do know from having speen with julian before is he feels wikileaks is under constant

threat, particularly legal threat by the pentagon, by, you know, by the united states government, especially. but there has been no legal threat because, so far, there has been nothing to show that wikileaks has done anything wrong, per se. they have leaked this information that they received but, so far, has not been proven that they actively took a information or stole that information. they simply published what was given to them. so when we see this twitter posting about dirty tricks, presumably it's to reference the fact that there's trying to be undermined but they haven't been able to prove it. it hasn't been profit ven that they've done anything criminally wrong. they were expecting other attacks on wikileaks. i have to say this is a surprise though to see this kind of apparently criminal charges being leveled against julian assan assange. very personal attack. we'll have to see how they respond. >> atika, appreciate you.

talk to you again here soon. we will turn now to iraq. and the pictures we were seeing this week of the last u.s. combat brigade leaving walk, to mark the occasion, they held what's called the casing the colors. ceremony at camp virginia in kuwait. about 460 service members took part. the colors and flags were dipped and folded to be shipped back to ft. lewis. mcchord in washington state. the brigade's colors will be held there october 7th. meanwhile, americans tend to focus a lot on trying to end combat in iraq. a lot of people are relieved to see the last designated combat brigade out. iraqi still wandering what's next. arwa damon says the terrorist

bombing shows them that they relied on u.s. troops far too long. there she is. she joins us now live from baghdad. arwa, good morning to you. first, give our viewers some perspective. they have been seeing the pictures and celebrations all week. they've been hearing the last combat brigade is now out of iraq. there are brigades left who are certainly capable of combat. >> that's right, t.j. let's keep in mind we are 2,000 troops away from reaching that white house goal of having levels down to 50,000 by the end of the month. even though they are officially being designated as non-combat, meaning that that's not necessarily their mission, their mission is to advice and assist the iraqi security forces. it's not as if iraq transformed into a sif environment where the u.s. military can cost aside its weapons and let down its guard. this still remains a very, very

dangerous environment. throughout this entire drawing down process we've been speaking with u.s. troop on their way out and with iraqis, especially about how they feel about the nation that tus is leaving behind. >> this is it. make sure you've got your id cards on hand, too. >> reporter: these are 24-year-old sergeant's final hours in iraq. last-minute checks. >> yeah. >> reporter: and laughter. relief at having survived and finally going home. he is part of the last u.s. combat brigade to convoy out of iraq, as ameris they dialed bac. after two hours he says he feels like he's aged a decade. >> moments i will never forget is being one of the first firefights, the first time you get shot at. it wakes you up. you think that before you come here that, you know, you're an

adult, you're a grown man. this place will change you. seen some friends die and been right there and had to carry the bodies. a lot -- this place will change you. >> about that time. four more days. >> reporter: while he could hardly wait to start heading home, iraq still has a long way to go towards peace. it remains a nation with an uncertain future and a political vacuum as parties continue to fail to form a new government. after iraq ins risk their lives to vote. day to day life is bleak. power is sporadic at best in the scorching heat. a sue died bombing on tuesday targeting iraqi recruits killing at least 48. they had been lined up for days, jockeying to be the first in line to join the iraqi army. they found themselves the target. this plan, one of the would be recruits says, he's lost hope

that the iraqi forces should not have left him so exposed give rehn the history of attacks. among byvillians we spoke to the u.s. departure is bittersweet. he says although he's happy that u.s. troops are withdrawing he's worried about the recent deterioration in security. and says his nation's horses are not ready yet. for the u.s. troops now safe in kuwait, a sense that they accomplished the commission at their level. foesly, relief that they would survive the war. 7 1/2-year war where victory has yet to be announced. >> no one really know it is or when iraq is going to be victorious. we are see an increase in violence. that bombing, and also regulars as is nations, gangs running around with silencers. we've been noticing it, the tension amongst our iraqi staff as well. they are very dispressed,

talking about how fearful and anxious that they are. they talk about you they're afraid to leave their homes but also afraid for your testimonily while they're at work. they don't know what is actually stabilize to a degree that is acceptable to iraqis. t.j.? >> all right, arwa damon, thank you. beare going to talk to arwa again a little later. she'll be with us at 9:00 half hour. we're going to speak to reporters. retired general mark kimmitt is always going to join us live. dedicate our 9:00 eastern half hour to a special topic, today it's going to be iraq. also, going to be joined by a soldier who lived in iraq and also going to be joined by his wife who of course waited for him and is now happy to have him home. we'll be right back with more on a breaking story we're getting

about the founder of wick i can lea leaks. we're talking to one of the prosecutors in sweden live. 10 past the hour.